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PATRIOTS VS . S EAHAWKS SERIES HISTORY TALE OF THE TAPE The New England Patriots and the Seattle 2008 Regular Season New England Seattle Seahawks meet for the 15th time and just Record 7-5 2-10 the second time since 1993. This will be Divisional Standings T-2nd T-3rd the first time the Patriots have played Total Yards Gained 4,261 3,088 at Qwest Field. The Patriots have not Total Offense (Rank) 355.1 (9) 257.3 (31) played a regular-season game in Rush Offense 130.5 (9) 108.5 (21) Seattle since Sept. 17, 1993. Since Pass Offense 224.6 (11) 148.8 (31) that time, the Patriots have played in Points Per Game 23.1 (18) 18.0 (T-25) every other NFL city. The cross Touchdowns Scored 28 23 country opponents have split the Third Down Conversion Pct. 41.2 30.0 previous 14 games in the series. Total Yards Allowed 3,809 4,640 The last time the two squared off was in 2004 Total Defense (Rank) 317.4 (13) 386.7 (30) when The Patriots won by a 30-20 score at Rush Defense 105.6 (14) 121.5 (22) Gillette Stadium to end a five-game losing Pass Defense 211.8 (16) 265.2 (32) streak against the Seahawks. The Patriots Points Allowed/Game 21.3 (12) 25.9 (26) have had the upper hand in road games Touchdowns Allowed 29 32 against the Seahawks as they own a 3-2 Third Down Defense (Pct.) 44.7 42.9 record in games played in Seattle. New Field Goals Made/Attempted 27/30 19/21 England won six of the first eight games Possession Avg. 31:37 25:50 in the series, which began in 1977. Sacks Allowed/Yards Lost 40/188 31/182 Sacks Made/Yards 23/169 26/141 Patriots 7, Seahawks 7 Interceptions For/Against 12/10 6/13 Date Result Score H/A Stadium Penalties Against/Yards 43/391 53/417 10/09/77 W 31-0 H Schaefer Stadium Punts/Avg. 37/44.3 72/44.9 09/21/80 W 37-31 A Kingdome Turnover Differential -3 -5 12/19/82 W 16-0 A Kingdome 12/18/83 L 6-24 A Kingdome PATRIOTS ON THE WEST COAST 09/16/84 W 38-23 H Sullivan Stadium This week’s game will kick off the Patriots’ second set of back-to- 11/17/85 W 20-13 A Kingdome back West Coast games this season (in addition to this week’s 09/21/86 L 31-38 H Sullivan Stadium game in Seattle, the Patriots also play at Oakland on Dec. 14). 12/04/88 W 13-7 H Sullivan Stadium New England split its previous set of back-to-back games on the 09/24/89 L 3-24 H Sullivan Stadium West Coast, defeating San Francisco 30-21 on Oct. 5 and falling 10/07/90 L 20-33 H Foxboro Stadium to San Diego 30-10 on Oct. 12). This season, the Patriots play all 09/20/92 L 6-10 H Foxboro Stadium four of the NFL’s West Coast teams on the road – it’s the first 09/19/93 L 14-17 H Foxboro Stadium 10/24/93 L 9-10 A Kingdome time in team history that New England will play four times on the 10/17/04 W 30-20 H Gillette Stadium West Coast in the same season. The Patriots and the New York Jets both play all four West Coast teams this season, becoming SERIES TRENDS the first NFL teams from the eastern time zone to play four times on the West Coast since the 2005 New York Giants (who New England 7, Seattle 7 went 2-2 en route to an 11-5 season and a wild card berth). Home Record ......................................................................4-5 Gillette Stadium ................................................................1-0 THIS WEEK IN PATRIOTS HISTORY Foxboro Stadium...............................................................0-3 December 1-7 Sullivan Stadium ...............................................................2-2 Thirty-Two Years Ago: Dec. 5, 1976 - Patriots defeat New Schaefer Stadium..............................................................1-0 Orleans 27-6 in Foxborough to qualify for their first NFL playoff Away Record.......................................................................3-2 appearance and their first playoff appearance since the 1963 AFL Kingdome.........................................................................3-2 Championship game. Total Points in the Series ....................... Patriots 274, Seahawks 250 Bill Belichick vs. Seattle .............................2-1 (1-0 in New England) Twenty-Two Years Ago: Dec. 7, 1986 - WR Stanley Morgan Mike Holmgren vs. New England ............................ 1-2(1-0 playoffs) establishes what was then a team record for catches in one season with his 67th catch (had five catches on the day). HISTORICAL HITS Morgan, who finished the season with 84 catches, broke Derrick Z!The Patriots and Seahawks played 12 times in a 14-year span Ramsey’s previous mark of 66 catches, set in 1984. from 1980-93, but have played only once since then (2004). Twenty Years Ago: Dec. 4, 1988 - Veteran wide receiver Z!The last time the two teams squared off in Seattle, on Oct. Stanley Morgan catches his 500th career reception vs. Seattle. 24, 1993, James Busch Orthwein owned the Patriots and the Nine Years Ago: Dec. 6, 1999 - In a Foxborough town team’s future in New England was severely in doubt. meeting, over 93 percent of the town’s residents voted in favor Z!The Seahawks are the only non-divisional team that the of passing six necessary articles to approve the stadium project. Patriots have played twice in the regular season in the same Five Years Ago: Dec. 7, 2003 - The Patriots defeated the year. That scheduling oddity took place during the 1993 Miami Dolphins, 12-0, in snowy Foxborough to claim the seventh season, the only year in which the league’s 16-game schedule division title in franchise history. was played over an 18-week span and each team was allotted two bye weeks. Three Years Ago: Dec. 4, 2005 - On a snowy day, the Z!Heading into Sunday’s game, the Seahawks and the Arizona Patriots defeat the New York Jets 16-3 to improve to 9-0 all-time Cardinals are the only two teams the Patriots have not faced in snow games in Foxborough. at least twice since Bill Belichick became head coach in 2000. One Year Ago: Dec. 3, 2007 - The largest audience in cable The Patriots will face the Cardinals later this season on Dec. television history (17.5 million) watches the Patriots’ 27-24 21 at Gillette Stadium. victory over the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football. 2008 N EW ENGLAND PATRIOTS PATRIOTS VS . S EAHAWKS PASSING PERFORMANCES LONG TIME SINCE LAST SEATTLE TRIP Patriots quarterback Matt Cassel has never played against the The Patriots have not played a regular-season game in Seattle Seahawks. Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck’s only action since Sept. 17, 1993. Since that time, the Patriots have played in against the Patriots came the last time the two teams met, when every other NFL city. New England won by a 30-20 score on Oct. 17, 2004 at Gillette Stadium. LONGEST CURRENT PATRIOTS ROAD GAME DROUGHTS Matt Hasselbeck vs. Patriots (0-1 as starter) Opponent Last Road Game Next Road Game Date A C Yd % TD I Rating W/L Score Seattle 9/17/93 12/7/08 10/17/04 50 27 349 .540 0 2 59.5 L 20-30 Tampa Bay 11/16/97 2009 Season New Orleans 10/04/98 2009 Season THE LAST MEETING OVERALL Chicago 11/10/02 None Scheduled PATRIOTS 30, SEAHAWKS 20 Oakland 11/17/02 12/14/08 October 17, 2004 U Gillette Stadium (Att: 68,756) Detroit 11/28/02 None Scheduled 1 2 3 4 Final THEN AND NOW Seattle Seahawks 0 6 3 11 — 20 THEN : 3-26 (.103) over a 29-game span from 1990-93 New England Patriots 10 10 0 10 — 30 NOW: 93-31 (.750) from 2001-Present The Patriots notched their fifth straight victory to open the The last time the Patriots and Seahawks played in Seattle on 2004 season with a 30-20 win over the Seattle Seahawks at Oct. 24, 1993 the franchise from Foxborough resembled its Gillette Stadium on Oct. 17. With the win, the Patriots improved current incarnation in absolutely no respects. At that time, New to 5-0 in the 2004 season and recorded their 20th consecutive England was kicking off a seven-game losing streak as part of a victory, extending the professional football record they set run of futility that touched three different seasons (1990-93) and against Miami on Oct. 10, 2004. The Patriots also tied the then- saw the Patriots compile a 3-26 record over a 29-game span. NFL record for consecutive regular-season wins (17). New England’s 3-26 run spanned from the final week of the The Patriots defense had a big game, keeping the Seattle 1990 season through an entire 2-14 season in 1992 and through offense out of the end zone until the fourth quarter. Mike Vrabel, a 1-11 start to the 1993 season. Over that span, the Patriots’ Jarvis Green and Ty Warren combined to sack Seattle most common non-divisional opponent was Seattle, a team that quarterback Matt Hasselbeck three times, while Ty Law and dealt the Patriots three losses in that time frame. Willie McGinest each registered an interception. Law’s takeaway was the 36th pick of his career, tying him with Raymond CONNECTIONS Clayborn for the all-time Patriots career interception mark. Z!Seahawks linebacker Lofa Tatupu grew up in Wrentham, On the offensive side, Corey Dillon ran for 105 yards on 23 Mass., and attended King Phillip Regional High School.